Oumuamua and Comet Borisov in 2017 and 2019, respectively, created a surge of interest. What were they? Where did they come ...
But it's not hard to imagine that one day humans will want to venture further, perhaps towards a star in our galactic ... for submissions for the design of a crewed interstellar generation ship.
New paper points to the Alpha Centauri triple star system as likely potential source of millions of interstellar asteroids and comets.
"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...
SpaceX’s reusable rockets have revolutionized space travel, and Starship, despite prototype setbacks, is paving the way for interstellar exploration. While Starship’s first tests faced ...